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The Committee of Auditors observe that the Receipts, 
though less than those of the preceding year, have reached 
the sum of £1,024 above the average Income during the last 
six years. They have reason to hope that the increased 
Expenditure of the year 1861 will have effected an advan- 
tageous investment for the Society,—many permanent im- 
provements having been made in the Gardens, and the num- 
ber of really valuable Animals having been considerably 
increased. 
The Auditors have pleasure in observing that the above- 
mentioned improvements have not occasioned any diminution 
of the Funded Property of the Society, which remains £6,000 
Stock, as was the case at the end of the preceding year. 
In conclusion, your Auditors beg to assure the Society 
that they entirely concur with the opinion of their prede- 
cessors as to the admirably clear and accurate manner in 
which the Accounts have been arranged by the Accountant, 
Mr. Leigh, whose conduct in this respect appears to them 
worthy of the highest praise. 
EDW. GREENAWAY. 
EDWARD HAMILTON, M.D. 
JAMES TENNANT. 
EDWARD JOHNSTONE. 
BENJAMIN LEADBEATER. 
R? HENRY S. VYVYAN. 
WILLIAM MARTYN. 
11 Hanover Square, 
February 25, 1862. 
PRESENTED 
24 APR. 1908 
